** Description changed:
+ [Impact]
+
+ OSK does not work properly in Wayland sessions. Besides not showing up,
+ as reported in this bug report, certain characters can't be typed (bug
+ #1761554).
+
+ The proposed upload unset's the GTK_IM_MODULE variable, which fixes the
+ issues.
+
+ [Test Case]
+
+ To confirm that the OSK works properly:
+
+ 1. Install im-config from bionic-proposed and reboot
+
+ 2. Log in to an Ubuntu on Wayland session
+
+ 3. Open gedit and enable the screen keyboard
+ (Settings -> Universal Access -> Typing)
+
+ 4. When OSK shows up, confirm that you can enter accented characters
+ via long-press.
+ Example: long-press a and select à from the popup
+
+ Also, confirm that certain keys for special characters result in
+ correct characters. Examples: ~, √, ÷, ×, <, >, ¢
+
+ [Fix]
+
+ A proposed fix has been uploaded to the bionic queue.
+
+ [Regression Potential]
+
+ Well, this very fix did cause a regression a few months ago; LibreOffice
+ and the GNOME search bar crashed when trying to use IBus input methods.
+ Those issues have now been fixed.
+
+ The change is only made for Wayland sessions, which is not default in
+ 18.04. Given this limitation, the regression risk is deemed to be low.
+
+ [Original description]
+
1. Login in a wayland session
2. Open an application with a text entry (e.g. gedit)
3. Focus gedit using the touch screen
Expected result:
The OSK appears
Actual results:
The OSK does not appear.
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This is caused by the fact that we still set GTK_IM_MODULE in Wayland.
IIRC during the cosmic cycle we introduced a change to not set
GTK_IM_MODULE under Wayland but we dropped it because there were users
experiencing crashes when using libreoffice: upstream should have fixed
those crashes to my knowledge.
----
Also why are we setting GTK_IM_MODULE in X11 too? gnome-settings-daemon
should be smart enough to load/unload that at run-time when required
/not-required.
** Changed in: im-config (Ubuntu Bionic)
Status: Triaged => In Progress
** Changed in: im-config (Ubuntu Bionic)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj)
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